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Ben Okri: Festival for the Broken-Hearted

Joe Boyd: Bringing It All Back Home

Steve Crawshaw & Philippe Sands: Prosecuting the Powerful

From Aotearoa to Alba: A Literary Exchange

Malcolm X at 100

Alisha Fernandez Miranda, Emma Gannon & Jessica Stanley: Love Undone

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60 new events now available on demand
Tuesday 4 November

Today we released 60 more events from our August 2025 programme for global audiences on a Donate What You Can basis, bringing the total of on demand events available from this year’s Festival to 150 – our biggest collection ever, and one which we hope better reflects the variety of our in-person programme for online viewers around the world…

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Tuesday 16 September

We are now recruiting for our year of The Citizen Collective. If you're aged 15-18, live in or close to Edinburgh and are passionate about writing, read on for more details and to find out how to sign up…

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